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prehensile - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Adjective
prehensile (not comparable)
- (zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.
- ✤ Some monkeys have prehensile tails which they use to pick things up.
Etymology
Borrowed from French préhensile, from Latin perfect passive participle prehēnsus, from prehendō (“grasp, seize”) + adjective suffix -ile, from Latin -ilis.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl/, /pɹiːˈhɛn.saɪl/
- (US) IPA: /pɹiˈhɛnsəl/
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